Today's topics include:

* According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, the Texas oil sector continues contracting amid ‘challenging’ conditions;

* Trump’s sanctions have led Allseas to halt its work on Putin’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline;

* ExxonMobil and its partners have made another major oil discovery in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana;

* Apache and Total have formed a joint venture to explore offshore Suriname;

* Analysts see few surprises in 2020 as OPEC+ cuts trim the global oil surplus.